what happens if you have a /completely/ empty project, i.e. displays a form without even a close button dropped onto it?That's exactly what i have.
Is debugging enabledYes
and do you get a useful report of where the exception is if you run the program under IDE control?I have. With absolutely no changes in project, i get only this error report:
Apart from that... if you really are getting it with a completely empty project... can you bundle that up into a .zip or whatever and post it here?Sure. I included exe as well, in case if you want try to see that it is really does not start.
Make sure that debugging info is enabled in the build, run the project under Lazarus, and it should show you the failing line.I already marked failing lines in first post (as comment after "<<<<")
If I compile your project, the size is 23MB; much bigger than your exe:o
Do you have an Anti Virus running on this VM, ie microsoft default one;Yes, i use windows defender. Tried to turn it off. Same results.
Tested with Laz 2.0.12 (64642), fpc 3.2.0 r45643Where you find full fpc version, where i can check that i have also "r45643"?